2006, ISBN: 9781560655220

xii+395 pages with plates. Royal octavo (9 1/4' x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with brown lettering to spine and design to cover. First edition. Hindus shows --convin… Mehr…

xii+395 pages with plates. Royal octavo (9 1/4' x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with brown lettering to spine and design to cover. First edition. Hindus shows --convincingly -- a Russia closely integrated in her hopes of a future bearing the fruits of years of sacrifice and planning towards a better Russia, rooted in an appreciation -- at last -- of what was best in the old Russia. Their need is only a security, a peace in which to rebuild, to forge the sinews of war into sinews of peace. Hindus, in twenty years of reflecting a changing Russia to the western world, has been able to keep an objective and, at the same time, an understanding, sympathetic viewpoint. This is no rose-colored vision, but rather a realistic, vigorous portrait of a people, fired with a love of country transcending everything else, a fanatical devotion to the basic cause for which they are fighting. This is not a political book, but it does show why Communism has risen above the mistakes of its beginnings, to a proud conviction of a right way, for a new Russia. This is an excellent background book, with an immediacy that proves the need for the book is here and now. Condition: Light soiling else a very good copy., Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1943, Conceived of as a journey within a book, a journey in both geographical and spiritual terms, The Dreaming House is an anthology of poems in two parts. The first, titled ' The Voyage Out', is composed of poems on people the author has met whether in real or imaginary life. The second, 'The Country Beyond', focuses almost in a trance of delight on the natural world and its ability to change human beings. Tanya Mendonsa's language, by turns poignant and muscular, is lyrical and contemporary, yet it is obvious that she is rooted in poetic traditions going far back in time. Here is a strikingly individual, strong and joyous voice raised in poetry, graced with rare charm and insight., The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one womans courageous flight to freedom with her eight children.When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolyns heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church that had settled in small communities along the Arizona-Utah border. Over the next fifteen years, Carolyn had eight children and withstood her husbands psychological abuse and the watchful eyes of his other wives who were locked in a constant battle for supremacy.Carolyns every move was dictated by her husbands whims. He decided where she lived and how her children would be treated. He controlled the money she earned as a school teacher. He chose when they had sex; Carolyn could only refuseat her peril. For in the FLDS, a wifes compliance with her husband determined how much status both she and her children held in the family. Carolyn was miserable for years and wanted out, but she knew that if she tried to leave and got caught, her children would be taken away from her. No woman in the country had ever escaped from the FLDS and managed to get her children out, too. But in 2003, Carolyn chose freedom over fear and fled her home with her eight children. She had $20 to her name.Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of God, deprive their followers the right to make choices, force women to be totally subservient to men, and brainwash children in church-run schools. Against this background, Carolyn Jessops flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. Not only did she manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS. And in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs., Broadway, Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough, Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with...For Anya, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart?Declan is looking forward to joining the clinic - but the six-month posting brings him much more than he expected. Then there's Father Brian Flynn, who finds his doubts about his calling are assuaged by work in his new parish. But when an acquaintance turns into a nightmare he needs help to rescue his reputatio, Mcarthur & Company, Capstone Press. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Capstone Press<

ISBN: 9781560655220

Capstone Press. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible … Mehr…

Capstone Press. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Capstone Press<

1997, ISBN: 1560655224

[EAN: 9781560655220], Used, very good, [SC: 2.8], [PU: Capstone Press], Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.